Arts, Culture and Entertainment in Montreal
It’s been three years since Songs of Innocence and a lot has happened on the political and personal landscape to cause several rewrites and nine producers to help U2 craft Songs of Experience. Whereas Innocence was about the past and growing up this is an album that shows a looking back or reflection of experience […]
Here are my choice Montreal arts and culture highlights for December 2017: ART AND MUSEUMS The new exhibition Passion: Hockey is an entertaining look at the fascinating world of our national winter sport, and also marks the centenary of the National Hockey League and the 125th anniversary of the Stanley Cup. It was in Montreal, in November 1917, […]
Mudbound is one of the best films of 2017. Now streaming on Netflix, it should be on everyone’s must watch list.
Do thrillers need to be sombre and serious to be entertaining? Can a story of danger and madness be a frolic, too? The 39 Steps is a madcap, action-packed, and hilarious spin on the classic 30’s spy thriller. The show uses deliciously over-the-top clichés of the film noir genre. It’s a spoof that never fails […]
Really surprising.
Over the last few albums and years we have experienced Taylor Swift’s evolution in music and public life. With the album Red it was as if she was being formed in the womb of pop music.1989 was her full-on birth into it. Reputation is not even her as an infant, or teenager but a full […]
Here are my choice Montreal arts and culture highlights for November 2017: MUSIC In Montreal this month, everything begins and ends with Leonard Cohen, the global icon who adored his hometown of Montreal. The many local celebrations of Cohen’s life begin with the blockbuster concert Tower of Song: A Memorial Tribute to Leonard Cohen on November 6, […]
What unites a community? Is it the shared values, the institutions, or social activities? Does it depend on how much the people are willing to share and welcome the slightest change? The Hockey Sweater: a Musical is a wonderful, charming, family story for all ages. It goes beyond the nostalgia for a bygone era and […]
Respected Montreal rock journalist, Mitch Lafon was nice enough to talk with me from his home and share some insights into the world of rock journalism, concert etiquette, KISS and his musical predictions for 2018. Ron : Mitch, you are certainly one of the most respected rock journalists out there. How did it start? Mitch […]
Is the theatre a world within a world? Can the audience find themselves so enveloped in this experience that the outside world is happily forgotten or is it a secret trap? Where is the line between fantasy and reality? Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera is a spectacular gothic powerhouse that brings the […]